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标题：Thermodynamics of nanodisc formation mediated by styrene/maleic acid (2:1) copolymer
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作者：Anne Grethen ; Abraham Olusegun Oluwole ; Bartholomäus Danielczak 等
期刊名称：Scientific Reports
电子版ISSN：2045-2322
出版年度：2017
卷号：7
期号：1
DOI：10.1038/s41598-017-11616-z
语种：English
出版社：Springer Nature
摘要：Styrene/maleic acid copolymers (SMA) have recently attracted great interest for in vitro studies of membrane proteins, as they self-insert into and fragment biological membranes to form polymer-bounded nanodiscs that provide a native-like lipid-bilayer environment. SMA copolymers are available in different styrene/maleic acid ratios and chain lengths and, thus, possess different charge densities, hydrophobicities, and solubilisation properties. Here, we studied the equilibrium solubilisation properties of the most commonly used copolymer, SMA(2:1), by monitoring the formation of nanodiscs from phospholipid vesicles using (31)P nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, dynamic light scattering, and differential scanning calorimetry. Comparison of SMA(2:1) phase diagrams with those of SMA(3:1) and diisobutylene/maleic acid (DIBMA) revealed that, on a mass concentration scale, SMA(2:1) is the most efficient membrane solubiliser, despite its relatively mild effects on the thermotropic phase behaviour of solubilised lipids. In contrast with previous kinetic studies, our equilibrium experiments demonstrate that the solubilisation of phospholipid bilayers by SMA(2:1) is most efficient at moderately alkaline pH values. This pH dependence was also observed for the solubilisation of native Escherichia coli membranes, for which SMA(2:1) again turned out to be the most powerful solubiliser in terms of the total amounts of membrane proteins extracted.